I had no idea there was blooming tea like that it looks cool, wonder how it tastes. The tea not the flower
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Quoth Pagan View PostBecause some of us think it's pretty. You can buy it in nurseries every Spring. Same reason for seeing Jimson weed in landscaping around here....and because Georgia O'Keeffe made a lot of paintings of it.
Quoth telecom_goddess View PostI had no idea there was blooming tea like that it looks cool, wonder how it tastes. The tea not the flower
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Quoth PandaHat View PostBears. Bears are natural.
Quoth SongsOfDragons View PostArsenic's very natural too!!
Oh, and water's a chemical.
and indeed, water IS a chemical. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chemical
Last edited by PepperElf; 12-19-2012, 04:39 PM.
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Quoth PepperElf View PostHeh. Kinda like my usual comments when someone says "It's good cos it's natural!" ... cos I always point out that "Hemlock is natural too, but you don't want to eat it."
I always get people trying to give me chamomile tea for an upset stomach. Great. Except for the fact that I'm horrifically allergic to ragweed and chamomile is a close cousin. They both give me hives when my skin comes in contact with them. I really don't want hives in my digestive tract.It's floating wicker propelled by fire!
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Quoth wolfie View PostAnyone else think about a "Three's Company" episode on reading this post, namely the one where Jack reads the title of a book "How to tell a mushroom from a toadstool, by the late Dr. so-and-so"?
The latin name for foxglove is Digitalis, and extracts of it ((digoxin) are available by prescription for certain types of heart disease; usual dose is 1/8 to 1/4 of a milligram, which is really damn little when you come to think of it. I'd not like to eat a whole plant, given how potent the stuff is.
Still, it's a beautiful flower.
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Quoth Marmalady View PostOh, I've seen those.... am I right in thinking that you drop them in a glass, then top it up with sparkling wine?
You can use any bubbly you like and the flower's edible as well.The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom
Now queen of USSR-Land...
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Quoth Shalom View PostThe latin name for foxglove is Digitalis, and extracts of it ((digoxin) are available by prescription for certain types of heart disease; usual dose is 1/8 to 1/4 of a milligram, which is really damn little when you come to think of it. I'd not like to eat a whole plant, given how potent the stuff is.
Still, it's a beautiful flower.
And we would be without a very effective heart medication if foxglove became extinct.
I just think it has no place in an ordinary home garden, where children and animals are easily exposed to it. Every part of that particular plant contains the digoxin.
Imaginary scene:
Nursery worker: Now, when gardening anywhere near this plant, be sure to wear gloves and long sleeves, and not get any of the sap on you.
SC: yeah, yeah. <obviously not listening>
two years later....
SC's spouse: YOU! You killed my wife!
.....
(sigh)Seshat's self-help guide:
1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.
"All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.
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Quoth Pixilated View PostExcellent point, Seshat! I've seen foxglove growing in yards before (which is odd, because who in heck would actually plant stuff like that??) -- including, I'm fairly sure, my mom's backyard here.
The page I mentioned earlier that listed the edible flowers also had a link to a list of flowers that you should not eat. This is definitely a case of "do your research first."The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
"Hy kan tell dey is schmot qvestions, dey is makink my head hurt."
Hoc spatio locantur.
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